As already mentioned, Text Edit is good for getting text in, working with it, 
and limited formatting. Pages is accessible to a degree, but will get job done 
when working with Word files.
I've worked in Pages quite extensively and will be able to help.

Microsoft Office isn't accessible on Mac.

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On Feb 27, 2011, at 6:55 PM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hai, folks. After consulting with Apple, several veteran Mac users, both 
> sighted and blind, (none of whom use Word on the Mac), and attempting 
> futilely to figure is out for myself, I am here to grovel for assistance. 
> When I open a document (those imported from my PC, and those I have 
> downloaded since transitioning) in TextEdit, all is well. However, any 
> attempts to figure out Word meet with failure. I keep winding up in a 
> "document pane view" and I am told that the text is available on the screen, 
> but VO will only read the title.  I've tried using VO commands, the command 
> key, the right arrows alone and with VO and command, interacting attempts, 
> the tab, checking out the Word menu -- I don't know what else to try to write 
> or read documents in Word. Please help. I need to be able to do this for 
> Work, otherwise I wouldn't care. 
> Thanks in advance.
> Christine
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